Ratatouille

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 29th, 2007, 11:20 pm

Saw it today! Great movie.

Post by **Daniel** » June 30th, 2007, 1:15 am

I feel so alone.

Post by **Sullivan** » June 30th, 2007, 1:16 am

Poor daniel.

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 30th, 2007, 2:12 am

Sorry, Dan! Hope you get to see it soon.

BTW, Peter O'Toole was SHEER brilliance.

Post by **Kinoo** » June 30th, 2007, 2:43 am

Daniel wrote:I feel so alone.

Post by **Kinoo** » June 30th, 2007, 2:43 am

Daniel wrote:I feel so alone.

French gotta wait til August 1st. But i got to see it in 2 HRS!!!!! Can't wait!

Post by **James** » June 30th, 2007, 2:57 am

Did anyone notice the film started with the old blue and white Disney production logo rather than the new one? Meet the Robinsons used the new one so this wasn't just something they're doing for their animated films. Could it be a Pixar thing?

Post by **Daniel** » June 30th, 2007, 3:31 am

Sullivan wrote:Poor daniel.

Yes, poor me.

Kinoo wrote:French gotta wait til August 1st.

Yeah, I forgot about that. Bummer for people who really want to see it.

Post by **Meg** » June 30th, 2007, 7:32 am

Did anyone notice the film started with the old blue and white Disney production logo rather than the new one? Meet the Robinsons used the new one so this wasn't just something they're doing for their animated films. Could it be a Pixar thing?

Yup, probably a Pixar thing.

BTW, Peter O'Toole was SHEER brilliance.

Indeed! Everything about his character was so awesome - the way he moved, the way he looked, the way he spoked...Dah, just an amazing character. My freind would grab and squeeze my arm whenever he came on, 'cause he freaked her out so much.

Post by **Ben** » June 30th, 2007, 7:51 am

James wrote:Did anyone notice the film started with the old blue and white Disney production logo rather than the new one? Meet the Robinsons used the new one so this wasn't just something they're doing for their animated films. Could it be a Pixar thing?

The old old WDP logo? Or the Pixar-animated one?

If it's the old, lined, "flat" one (from 1984 onwards) then I don't understand, but if it's the Toy Story 1995 3D one with Randy Newman's fanfare, then that's just another case of Pixar being different from the rest of Disney.

After all, we can't have them using the same logo as every other division in the company uses on all their films now, can we?

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Post by **Meg** » June 30th, 2007, 8:06 am

It's the Pixar one, Ben.

Post by **YCougar** » June 30th, 2007, 10:35 am

Saw it yesterday with my siblings... awesome. It wasn't the sort of movie that overwhelms with emotion (well, it didn't to me at least... not the way The Lion King did when I was 8 and Iron Giant did when I first saw it) but it's really well put together.

I read the review in my paper yesterday morning and got a basic idea of the story (aside: it was a good review... for an animated film... in my paper! *shock*). And yet, even with the basic outline, it went many places I wasn't expecting it to go. I love that - movies where I can call everything before it happens don't engage.

And then everything visual, from the animation to the textures, shaders to fur... amazing. And the different ways they got the fur to behave - soaked, wet but spiky, electrified (heh), wet-then-blown-dry... it was beautiful. Also everything liquid, especially when a character went in water, was nice. Besides that, the animation really did look 2D as far as character flexibility goes. The acting was up to Pixar-standard.

And then, of course, there was

But there's something about the Brad Bird-touched stories I like... he seems to add edginess to his movies. They're still kid-friendly, but they aren't soft and cuddly all around. Characters will use phrases like "Thank God" and, in Iron Giant's case, the mildest of swear words. And the danger is rarely something far away that can't touch you - the characters in Iron Giant are about to be blown up because of Kent Mansley's ego. Mr Incredible finds that Syndrome has been using fellow Supers as expendable test subjects for his Omnidroid. And Ratatouille has

And I liked that.

I also enjoyed the way the credits were presented. It was like a breath of fresh air. And the "Quality Guarantee" at the very end... oho, you rascals.

Post by **Jeroen** » June 30th, 2007, 10:40 am

I'm gonna go see a special screening on July 4th, even though the movie only opens here on August 1st.
Thank God, I couldn't take waiting till August.

Post by **Ben** » June 30th, 2007, 11:27 am

So every movie Disney releases has the new WDP logo on it apart from the Pixar films?

This doesn't help the "Pixar gets different treatment" argument much!

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 30th, 2007, 3:48 pm

Just curious, does anyone know how much Ratatouille pulled in yesterday, box-office wise?

BTW, no pun intended, but the audience I was with totally ate it up!!